Lord Cameron Reveals He Had Prostate Cancer

Former Prime Minister David Cameron has revealed he has been treated for prostate cancer.

Lord Cameron, 59, told nan Times newspaper his woman Samantha insisted that he spell for a check-up aft being inspired by a BBC power question and reply pinch entrepreneur Nick Jones, who was campaigning for much men to beryllium tested aft being diagnosed himself.

He had a prostate circumstantial antigen (PSA) trial earlier this year, followed by an MRI scan and a biopsy which confirmed nan diagnosis. He was treated pinch "focal" therapy wherever needles are utilized to present electrical pulses to destruct nan cancerous cells.

Prostate crab is nan astir communal crab successful males successful nan UK, pinch astir 55,000 caller cases each year.

Lord Cameron told nan newspaper he wanted usage his level to support a telephone by Prostate Cancer Research, a kindness which counts Mr Jones - laminitis of backstage members' nine concatenation Soho House - arsenic a trustee, for screening to beryllium offered to precocious consequence men.

The crab is astir communal successful older property - among men complete 75. Cases successful nan under-50s are rare. It is besides much communal successful achromatic men.

"I don't peculiarly for illustration discussing my individual friendly wellness issues, but I consciousness I ought to," he said.

"Let's beryllium honest. Men are not very bully astatine talking astir their health. We thin to put things off."

But he said: "I benignant of thought, well, this has happened to you, and you should lend your sound to it."

Lord Cameron said he chose to dainty nan crab pinch focal therapy. This targets nan area of nan prostate wherever nan tumour is coming utilizing methods specified arsenic ultrasound waves to destruct cancel cells.

"I would consciousness bad if I didn't travel guardant and opportunity that I've had this experience. I had a scan. It helped maine observe thing that was wrong. It gave maine nan chance to woody pinch it," he told nan Times.

There is presently nary screening programme for prostate crab successful nan UK because of concerns astir nan accuracy of PSA tests.

But nan peer's involution comes days aft a awesome prostate crab screening proceedings began successful nan UK, aimed astatine uncovering nan champion measurement to observe nan disease.

Around 1 successful 8 men will create prostate crab successful their lives, according to Prostate Cancer UK, pinch investigation showing it has overtaken bosom crab arsenic nan astir commonly diagnosed shape of nan illness successful nan UK.